This response will
come as no surprise to opengov fanatics, who may recall that earlier
this week Treasury finished
towards the back of the pack in an independent audit of agency Open
Government Plans. Specifically, Treasury lost points for failing to
address a requirement that's similar to TRAC's request. According
to the Open Government Directive, Treasury's Plan should have included:

A link to a website that includes (1) a
description of your staffing,
organizational structure, and process for analyzing and responding to
FOIA requests;(2) an assessment of your agency’s capacity to analyze,
coordinate, and respond to such requests in a timely manner, together
with proposed changes, technological resources, or reforms that your
agency determines are needed to strengthen your response processes; and
(3) if your agency has a significant backlog, milestones that detail how
your agency will reduce its pending backlog of outstanding FOIA
requests by at least ten percent each year.

TRAC has filed an appeal and is continuing to pursue information about Treasury's FOIA processes. Unless Treasury wishes to maintain its standing as an open government laggard, it would do well to consider relinquishing some of this basic information. What's there to hide?